Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lawn glowed green below them , drawing the eyes down to the sparkle of the stream at the bottom of the garden . |
| 2 | The instructor taking the part of the professional can then demonstrate how to keep bringing the discussion back to the point , the problems . |
| 3 | A key stage in human evolution is thought to have been reached when our ancestors moved towards hunting of large prey , doing so in groups and bringing the meat back to the campsite to share with others . |
| 4 | When you have turned completely , stop the board turning by bringing the rig back to the middle . |
| 5 | All of his energies were devoted to bringing the conversation round to the topic of food and drink , but Donald , once he had explained , or failed to explain , the Madonna Complex , moved swiftly on to what he described as his problem , which turned out to be law and order . |
| 6 | Her husband grunted but Valerie Stevens then skilfully changed the subject , asking Rachel questions about the factory and the Coachliner aircraft and finally bringing the conversation round to the group from Conway House . |
| 7 | This is done by bringing the foot back to the starting position and then striking again equally quickly with the same foot , either to another area of the body or at the opponent 's legs , behind the upper heel , to sweep him to the ground . |
| 8 | THE Tottenham Hotspur board confirmed yesterday that Terry Venables does not have a large budget for new players because of the high cost of bringing the ground up to the latest safety standards . |
| 9 | THE Tottenham Hotspur board confirmed yesterday that Terry Venables does not have a large budget for new players because of the high cost of bringing the ground up to the latest safety standards . |
| 10 | The fears of a dominant personality , away from the core of traditional values , driving the enterprise on to the electoral rocks , are manifest in speeches and in countless polls of public opinion . |
| 11 | The fears of a dominant personality , away from the core of traditional values , driving the enterprise on to the electoral rocks , are manifest in speeches and in countless polls of public opinion . |
| 12 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 13 | He shrugged , tossing the book on to the table and swinging his legs down to the floor . |
| 14 | passing the bill over to the welfare authorities , and thereby to other taxpayers , is not acceptable , either in terms of the escalating size of the bill , or , more importantly , from the point of view of individuals learning about how to behave responsibly , and the long-term financial responsibilities that flow from adult behaviour . |
| 15 | When anything like this happened , every office-holder in the community made speeches passing the buck on to the police department . |
| 16 | Passing the tax on to the car producer , the steel is sold for 230 . |
| 17 | Now , the mechanical coal-cutter , the conveyor belt , and the steel arch for roof support were quickly supplanting the old hand-methods , and for the stalls were substituting the long face where the coal-cutter undercut a greater length of the coal-seam , and the colliers , instead of working in pairs , now worked in groups , filling the coal on to the moving conveyor belt that ran parallel to the face . |
| 18 | She held the phone to her ear with her shoulder and sat up in bed , pushing the newspapers on to the floor . |
| 19 | This would protect the holdings against a future decline of the dollar , but at the cost of pushing the risk on to the United States if it were required to compensate the IMF ( which would take over these dollar holdings ) for any losses . |
| 20 | The fire now reached his face , blackening his mouth , swelling the tongue , pushing the lips back to the gums . |
| 21 | Her husband considered pushing the dog on to the floor , thought better of it , and went sulkily off to bed . |
| 22 | That heralded a sudden wave of institutional profit-taking-the first serious bout in two months — aggressively pushing the market back to the 2,650 level by late morning . |
| 23 | There is still the same straggle of dwellings fronting the street down to the river , all mellowed with antiquity ; there is still the same atmosphere of undisturbed tranquillity . |
| 24 | You 're on , ’ said Susan , leading the way through to the studio next door . |
| 25 | Louisa asked , leading the way back to the scullery . |
| 26 | To repeat the border , as illustrated , knit four plain rows of black between repeats of the design and change the direction of the motif ( by turning the punchcard over to the reverse side ) on each repeat . |
| 27 | To understand the problems of font clashes it is worth turning the clock back to the very first Macintosh system . |
| 28 | Turning the clock back to the point immediately before computers got involved in the publishing business there were only two real technologies at work ; hot metal and cold metal . |
| 29 | Was n't this turning the clock back to the days of the old non-advanced courses ? |
| 30 | The Broadisland Gathering is turning the clock back to the early 1600s when the area was settled by Scots Lowlanders . |